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    1960s drugs and music

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    The 1960s Music and Drug Revolution The decade of the 1960s is most likely talked about because of the Vietnam War‚ but most over look what was going on in America. Back in the states the faces of angry anti- war activists were on every major street corner you looked‚ they protested for peace and to get their brothers out of the jungles where the vicious war took place. The sixties were also the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement for Black Americans to receive racial dignity‚ economic and

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    1960s Music Analysis

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    UK rock 1960s: The Beatles from Merseybeat onwards. The essay will describe the key musical and stylistic features of the Rock genre during the 1960s with the ‘Merseybeat’ genre as the foundation of 60s rock. The essay will set out why the Beatles and the social phenomenon of the “British invasion” are crucial to development of the emergence and reception of Anglo-American Rock music during the 1960s. By the early 1960s‚ new upcoming artists started combing various British and American pop and

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    Why People Judge

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    People everywhere are entitled to their opinion yes but when that opinion is wrong and they start to spread fake rumors which come back to harm the person that they are talking about it making it something that should not be aloud. In this essay I will talk about why people should not judge a book by its cover and how people should not be judged by the group of people they are around. The many people who have the problem of getting judged are the people who grew up in families that have little to

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    The Contemporary Hollywood Film Soundtrack: Professional Practices and Sonic Styles Since the 1970s …………………………………. 2 Abstract Since the 1970s‚ the soundtrack in Hollywood has come of age as a complex and sophisticated site of cinematic art. Greater combinations of sounds expressing a wider spectrum of tones‚ textures and volumes can be heard at the movies more than ever before‚ while behind the scenes‚ the number of personnel producing them has grown considerably. Moreover‚ this era has witnessed

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    Why People Work?

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    Why people work (3)? Почему люди работают? Though people work primarily to earn money‚ there are some other reasons that they work: enjoyment‚ honor‚ assistance to others‚ etc. For some people‚ to work is to produce something to enjoy themselves and others. Musicians compose songs and melodies that give pleasure to listeners. Writers create novels and stories that arise deep emotions in readers. Painters produce beautiful artistic works that appeal very much to the people who see them. But on the

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    Why Is America Necessary

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    former‚ which excludes the other nations in the Americas. Now‚ it has been mentioned before‚ no country is perfect or free from error‚ but the foundation of the United States of America is unparalleled in contrast to other nations. There is a reason why every nationality‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ and other backgrounds from every corridor of the world has travelled far to come to the United States of America‚ it is because it is the "land of opportunity." You want to start a business‚ at any time‚ go right

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    Triggering‚ something that is a part of present-day society. Many people are prone to having a trigger in many topics whether it is family‚ politics‚ religions‚ relationships‚ personal experiences‚ etc. Even though some people are triggered much more accessible than others‚ everyone has at least one sensitive trigger. If a person says something unintentionally‚ triggering can still occur because it causes someone to become very uncomfortable. Therefore‚ trigger warnings should be needed in all cases

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    Charlie Solomons History Homework Year 11 Mr Thomas Why Did the Women’s Rights Movement Emerge in the USA During the ’50s and ’60s? During the 1950’s and 1960’s‚ there were campaigns for rights widespread across the USA - namely the Civil Rights movement as led by Martin Luther King. Eventually‚ co-operation between King and the Supreme Court had been reached. Consequently‚ women whom aimed to bring about Women’s Rights felt confident and motivated towards escalating their cause in order to bring

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    Contemporary Africa

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    views expressed in the Occasional Papers are those of the authors and not necessarily those of DPMF. African Conflicts: Their Causes and Their Political and Social Environment Abdalla Bujra∗ 1. Introduction During the four decades between the 1960s and the 1990s‚ there have been about 80 violent changes of governments (Adedeji 1999‚ 3) in the 48 subSaharan African countries. During the same period many of these countries also experienced different types of civil strife‚ conflicts‚ and wars

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    Why Crimes Are Committed

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    others that‚ as the title implies‚ are nonsense. The fifth edition of the "Criminology" textbook discusses a wide variety of criminal justice aspects‚ including; who commits crime and why; the history of studying crime and various attempts at reducing and dealing with crime. Criminology is‚ in essence‚ the study of why people omit crimes. In some instances‚ the two books agree‚ in others‚ they do not. Throughout the United States and internationally‚ many different efforts have been made to understand

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